Two mothers and two daughters went shopping together. They bought exactly three hats, and each person wore one home without sharing or carrying extras. How is this possible?
There were only three people: a grandmother, a mother, and a daughter.
The group consists of three generations of females. The mother is both a daughter (to the grandmother) and a mother (to the child), satisfying the count of two mothers and two daughters while totaling just three individuals.
About this riddle
Logic riddles give you a few facts and ask what must be true. List what you know, cross out what cannot be, and see what is left.
Difficulty: Easy. More like this: Logic riddles with answers or try Einstein's Logic Grid for a different kind of puzzle.
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